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Abhijit Menon-Sen said the following on 15/02/2007 13:30:

> How odd it is to think Ras al Khaimah not only exists, but has hills. I
> always thought its stamps were totally fake when I was little.

Well, the whole country is a bit fake.

It's probably the most scenic of the emirates. The Hazar mountain range
runs through it, and eons of flashfloods have cut deep "wadis" though
them. The most spectacular of these is Wadi Bih which lies partly in UAE
and partly in Oman, where you can go from sealevel to a 1000 meters in a
few km.

Great for rockclimbing, trekking and camping.

Even more scenic is the coastline of the tip of the Mussandam peninsula,
just beyond RAK in Oman. There are fjords like in Norway. I personally
think Slartibartfast had something to do with it. And hardly anyone goes
there.

> Actually, I do, but it's in Calcutta. I wonder if those shops even exist
> any more.

Don't schools in India use these to teach these days? If they still do,
there must be shops supplying them. I should be in Bangalore in a couple
of weeks - shall try my luck there.

Ram
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